Bahishti Zewar

Bahishti Zewar (بہشتی زیور, "Ornaments of Paradise") is Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi's guide to Islamic belief and everyday practice, written in simple Urdu so that women could learn their religion at home. Across its eleven parts it covers beliefs, purification, prayer, fasting, zakat and Hajj, marriage and family life, manners and character, household matters and remedies for common ailments.

For more than a century it has been one of the most widely read Urdu books in South Asian homes, read by women and men alike.

This copy is a scan from the Digital Library of India (Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University) of a complete printing by H. M. Saeed Company, Karachi; the year of that printing is not recorded in the catalogue.